Richard "Dick" Dickerson is a native of Colorado

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 who, following his discharge from the United States Army

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, settled in Southern California

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 to begin a thirty-year career in law enforcement.

In 1986, Dickerson was sent to Redding

Redding, California

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 by the California

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 Department of Justice to organize and command the Shasta Interagency Narcotics Task Force (SINTF).

Following retirement in 1993, Dickerson was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson

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 to the Shasta County

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 Board of Supervisors, and later he was elected to serve a four-year term. He served as a member of the California State Assembly

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 from 1998 to 2002.

In the Redding community, he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Shasta County Youth Violence Prevention Council and has twice served as Chair of the United Way Campaign, past president of the Shasta County Peace Officers Association, Redding Rodeo Association Board of Directors and the Emergency Services Foundation. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars

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 and the American Legion

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.

Elected to the Redding City Council in 2004, Dickerson lives with his wife Betty, two children and five grandchildren.

External links

Official site

• DickDickerson.com (Official 2008 Redding City Council campaign)
• News and information about Redding, California
• Ballotpedia information (Information about a recall effort from 2009)